kayleigh
Junior Member
Salaam,
Yes. I'm completely willing to learn and become accustomed to another culture (I realize Islam is #1, but you'll eventually HAVE to learn the culture of your spouse no matter what), as long as that other person realizes I need to do so, and is understanding and won't push it if there are some things within the cultures that may clash at first. As long as we're both understanding, then yes.
Honestly...I would prefer to marry someone who isn't completely Americanized, and is from another culture. Ideally, I'd want someone who grew up in the US for all/most of their lives (or the West in general), but still maintains close ties with their "native" cultures. That way they understand and are able to function in both.
I just really can't see myself with someone who knows absolutely nothing about my culture. I'm not being ethnocentric or xenophobic - I just know that I wouldn't have enough in common with them otherwise.
I know with my parents, race will never be an issue. Religion is another story... but my mother has accepted the fact that I'm probably not going to marry a typical white American boy.
Wasalaam
Yes. I'm completely willing to learn and become accustomed to another culture (I realize Islam is #1, but you'll eventually HAVE to learn the culture of your spouse no matter what), as long as that other person realizes I need to do so, and is understanding and won't push it if there are some things within the cultures that may clash at first. As long as we're both understanding, then yes.
Honestly...I would prefer to marry someone who isn't completely Americanized, and is from another culture. Ideally, I'd want someone who grew up in the US for all/most of their lives (or the West in general), but still maintains close ties with their "native" cultures. That way they understand and are able to function in both.
I just really can't see myself with someone who knows absolutely nothing about my culture. I'm not being ethnocentric or xenophobic - I just know that I wouldn't have enough in common with them otherwise.
I know with my parents, race will never be an issue. Religion is another story... but my mother has accepted the fact that I'm probably not going to marry a typical white American boy.
Wasalaam